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Poll of 3,000+ employees highlights need for companies to protect employee civil rights as outlined in Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley regarding the Texas Supreme Court’s decision Friday that requires the city of Houston to either repeal or put to a vote a city ordinance that qualified for the ballot but that city officials illegally kept off. Those officials, including Mayor Anise Parker, also unsuccessfully attempted to subpoena the sermons and communications of pastors, known as the “Houston 5,” whom ADF represented in Woodfill v. Parker: “Public officials should not be allowed to run roughshod over the right of the people ...

Library policy 'shushes' religious free speech for ministry organizations

ADF attorneys represent Lexington printer Blaine Adamson, Hands On Originals

… government’s weaponization of the financial industry against peaceable religious and conservative groups. We won’t … government’s weaponization of the financial industry against peaceable religious and conservative groups. We won’t …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch, regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Carter v. Southwest Airlines, in which a federal district court ordered in-house attorneys with Southwest Airlines to attend religious liberty training as part of a ruling in favor of a flight attendant whom the court determined the airline fired because of her religious beliefs: “Alliance Defending Freedom is a nationally recognized and ...

Mayor Bowser lifts mask mandates across the district, but leaves them in place for children, teachers at religious schools

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Elissa Graves regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF filed Monday with the Iowa Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds on behalf of 60 Iowa legislators who are asking the court to reverse its 2018 decision that declared abortion “a fundamental right” and struck down the required 24-hour waiting period that ensured women have the opportunity to receive and evaluate important health information before proceeding with an abortion: “The most fundamental of our human rights is the right to ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding an open invitation letter sent Monday to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem from the existing nationwide coalition seeking to save girls’ and women’s sports—of which Alliance Defending Freedom, Heritage Action, Save Women’s Sports, Concerned Women for America, and numerous other groups are a part—asking her to join them in support of legislation to fully protect female athletes. The letter follows Noem’s decision to gut the recently passed Fairness in Women’s Sports bill (H.B. 1217) by ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto Monday of HB 1041, a bill that would have protected athletic opportunities only for the state’s female athletes below the collegiate level: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. When we ignore biological reality, female athletes lose medals, podium spots, public recognition, and opportunities to compete. While Indiana’s fairness in sports bill glaringly failed to include protections for athletes at the collegiate level, the ...